FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (64%); after 35h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 92% of games we track.
- 17% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “End of Game” (Finish the game): only 17% of starters get there.
- 79% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 5,744 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 34.5h for positive, 12.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (79.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- End of Game Finish the game Most players quit here 17% −83
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- Shiva Unlock Guardian Force Shiva 100%
- Quezacotl Unlock Guardian Force Quezacotl 100%
- Ifrit Unlock Guardian Force Ifrit 82%
- Card Player Play Triple Triad 61%
- First Salary Get your first salary from SeeD 58%
- Siren Unlock Guardian Force Siren 57%
- Magician Draw (Stock) magic from enemies 100 times 53%
- 100 Kills Kill 100 enemies 53%
- Diablos Unlock Guardian Force Diablos 47%
- Loser Lose a rare card in a Triple Triad game 44%
- Handyman Upgrade your weapon 41%
- Brothers Unlock Guardian Force Brothers 40%
- Carbuncle Unlock Guardian Force Carbuncle 36%
- Leviathan Unlock Guardian Force Leviathan 32%
- Pandemona Unlock Guardian Force Pandemona 30%
- Cerberus Unlock Guardian Force Cerberus 29%
- Alexander Unlock Guardian Force Alexander 28%
- Ragnarok Find Ragnarok 25%
- Tonberry Unlock Guardian Force Tonberry 24%
- Cactuar Unlock Guardian Force Cactuar 21%
- Maximum HP Reach maximum HP 21%
- Chocobo Capture a Chocobo 21%
- Bahamut Unlock Guardian Force Bahamut 20%
- Eden Unlock Guardian Force Eden 19%
- Doomtrain Unlock Guardian Force Doomtrain 19%
- End of Game Finish the game 17%
- Cards Club Master Defeat every member of the CC group 16%
- Top Rank Reach SeeD rank A 15%
- Magic Miner Draw magic 100 times from draw points 14%
- 1000 Kills Kill 1000 enemies 11%
- UFO Complete the PuPu side quest 11%
- Omega Destroyed Beat the Omega Weapon 9.2%
- Obel Lake Secret Complete the Obel Lake side quest 9.0%
- Timber Maniacs Collect all Timber Maniacs magazines 9.0%